vverb.changewither, as with a loss of moistureSynset:shrink shrivel shrivel up wither
Examples:- The fruit dried and shriveled
Hypernyms:decrease diminish fall lessen
Inherited Hypernyms:shriveldecreasechange magnitudechange
Direct Hyponyms:atrophyblastdie backdie downdry upmummify
Full Troponyms:atrophyblastdie backmummify
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.motiondraw back, as with fear or painSynset:cringe flinch funk quail recoil shrink squinch wince
Examples:- she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
Derivationally Related Form:winceflinch
Hypernyms:move
Inherited Hypernyms:flinchmove
Direct Hyponyms:retractshrink back
Full Troponyms:shrink back
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.changereduce in size; reduce physicallySynset:reduce shrink
Examples:- Hot water will shrink the sweater
- Can you shrink this image?
Derivationally Related Form:shrinkingreductionshrinkage
Hypernyms:decrease lessen minify
Inherited Hypernyms:shrinkdecreasechange
Direct Hyponyms:contractdepopulatedesolatedownsizeminiaturiseminiaturizereducereefscale down
Causes:contract shrink
Full Troponyms:contractdepopulatedownsizeminiaturizepursereducereef
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changebecome smaller or draw togetherSynset:contract shrink
Examples:- The fabric shrank
- The balloon shrank
Antonyms:expandstretch
Derivationally Related Form:shrinkagecontraction
Hypernyms:decrease diminish fall lessen
Inherited Hypernyms:shrinkdecreasechange magnitudechange
Direct Hyponyms:flex
Full Troponyms:flex
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | These fabrics --- easily (apply to: shrink)
vverb.changedecrease in size, range, or extentSynset:shrink shrivel
Examples:- His earnings shrank
- My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me
Derivationally Related Form:shrinking
Hypernyms:decrease diminish fall lessen
Inherited Hypernyms:shrinkdecreasechange magnitudechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Their earnings --- this year (apply to: shrivel, shrink)
adj satadj.alllean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illnessSynset:shriveled shrivelled withered wizen wizened
Examples:- the old woman's shriveled skin
- he looked shriveled and ill
- a shrunken old man
- a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie
- he did well despite his withered arm
- a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair
Antonyms:fat
Inherited Hypernyms:shriveled
Similar to:lean thin
adj satadj.allreduced in efficacy or vitality or intensitySynset:shriveled shrivelled
Examples:- our shriveled receipts during the storm
- as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled
- the dollar's shrunken buying power
Antonyms:increased
Inherited Hypernyms:shriveled
Similar to:decreased reduced